“As the Department of Correctional Services, we will continue to interact with stakeholders in order to implement solutions to South Africa’s high rate of incarceration and breaking the cycle of crime. By mid-2013, we must have a clear Roadmap so that we can all address the key corrections challenges in order to ensure a better country.”

At the colloquium, examples were given of successful interventions in other countries. For example, Malawi implemented a system for the deployment of paralegals. The system contributed to a reduction of the remand population from 45 percent of the overall population to about 17 percent.